1. Diversified Experience in Architecture (DEA) Logbook Filing
Possibly for the January 2011 LEA Examinees
UAP Head Office
14 August 2010, Quezon City, PH
Ar Armando N. ALLÍ, apec ar
PRBoA Acting Chairman (
(Resource Person)

2. A. DOs for DEA Logbooks
1) Mentor-Architect must be a Registered and Licensed Architect (RLA) as defined under R.A. No (The Architecture Act of 2004) and its 2004 IRR; Mentor-Architects may sign and seal DEA Logbooks as a private practitioner or as the duly-authorized representative of a firm employing the prospective LEA Examinee as an apprentice;
2) Mentor-Architect must possess a current IAPOA Certificate ;
3) Mentor-Architect’s Affidavit must be signed, sealed and notarized (to make the DEA Logbook a public document);
4) Signature of the Dean or Head of the Architectural School is only an Optional Requirement for ; and
5) Credits for apprenticeship hours earned while enrolled only start on 24 December 2008. (R

3. B1. DONTs for DEA Logbooks
1) NO CREDIT HOURS MAY BE ASSIGNED BY THE PRBoA for Architectural Apprenticeship Work undertaken by an Examinee for a Project on Philippine soil if the employer Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) firm and/or knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) firm DOES NOT possess a PRC registration as an architectural firm, as defined under Sec. 37 of R.A. No. 9266;
2) DO NOT COMMIT FRAUD in filling up the Logbook for LDEA as the PRBoA shall file both criminal and administrative complaints against both the Examinee and the Mentor-Architect once the fraudulent act is discovered; (R

4. B2. DONTs for DEA Logbooks
NO CREDIT HOURS MAY BE ASSIGNED BY THE PRBoA for Architectural Apprenticeship Work undertaken by an Examinee for an Architect-Mentor/ RLA if both the Examinee and the Architect-Mentor/ RLA are employed in an architectural firm that DOES NOT possess a PRC registration as an architectural firm, as defined under Sec. 37 of R.A. No. 9266;
4) DO NOT HAVE THE LOGBOOK SIGNED OR SEALED BY ANY OTHER PROFESSIONAL e.g. particularly by a Civil Engineer as the said signature and seal SHALL NOT BE HONORED BY THE PRBoA; (R

5. B3. DONTs for DEA Logbooks
5) NO CREDIT HOURS MAY BE ASSIGNED BY THE PRBoA for Architectural Apprenticeship Work undertaken by an Examinee for an Architect-Mentor/ RLA if the Architect-Mentor/ RLA collaborates with a Foreign Architect (FA) on an architectural work on Philippine soil where the Foreign Architect (FA) DOES NOT possess a Temporary/ Special Permit (TSP) issued by the PRC, as defined under Sec. 38 of R.A. No. 9266; and (R

6. B4. DONTs for DEA Logbooks
DO NOT PAY the Architect-Mentor/ RLA or PAY FOR THE COST OF THE PRC LICENSE RENEWAL OR OF THE IAPOA CERTIFICATE of the Architect-Mentor/ RLA who shall sign and seal the DEA Logbook; if the Examinee is discovered to have paid such an amount (and the Architect-Mentor/ RLA to have accepted money from the Examinee), a criminal and administrative complaint shall be filed by the PRBoA against both; and
7) DO NOT submit the DEA Logbooks with alterations in entries, as these may NOT be processed by the PRBoA. (R

7. C1. The future of the DEA Logbooks
1) Mentor-Architects/ RLAs may be required by the PRBoA to execute a SEPARATE AFFIDAVIT CONCERNING THE STATUS OF THE EXAMINEES’ APPRENTICESHIP i.e. is the firm an architectural firm, a construction firm, a development firm, a BPO/ KPO firm registered by the PRC as an architectural firm under Sec. 37 of R.A. No. 9266, was the project (if on Philippine soil) done by the Mentor-Architects/ RLAs in collaboration with a Foreign Architect who possesses a Temporary/ Special Permit (TSP) issued by the PRC, etc.; the SEPARATE AFFIDAVIT shall also state the nature of the Mentor-Architects/ RLAs’ professional relationship with the firm under which the apprenticeship work was carried out; (R

8. C2. The future of the DEA Logbooks
The evaluation of the DEA Logbook entries on the apprenticeship hours may be required by the PRBoA to be done by the IAPOA, with the corresponding IAPOA certifications;
3) The DEA Logbook may be reformatted by the PRBoA and the IAPOA to conform to a future IAPOA Mentorship Program; and
4) A separate AFFIDAVIT to be executed by the Examinee to attest to the truthfulness of the DEA Logbook entries may be required by the PRBoA. (R

9. Thank You and a Pleasant Afternoon to All
Diversified Experience in Architecture (DEA)
Logbook Filing
Possibly for the January 2011 LEA Examinees
Thank You and a Pleasant Afternoon to All